WAVO in Rock Hill Simulcasting WMIT

[KyleSmith1988]

WMIT is now on 101.5 FM in Rock Hill, SC
(W268DM)
Perhaps soon it will also be simulcasted in Charlotte, NC on 104.3 as well (W282BP)

Article:

Blue Ridge Broadcasting purchases station and translators in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Rock Hill, South Carolina

by Karis Kindinger
May 12, 2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 7, 2020 – Blue Ridge Broadcasting (BRB), a listener-supported ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has entered an agreement with GHB, Inc. to purchase translator W282BP in Charlotte, North Carolina, as well as station WAVO-AM and its FM translator, W268DM, in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Pending approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the purchase will allow the ministry to fulfill a goal of providing its long-established Christ-centered programming on a clearer signal to people in parts of Charlotte and the Rock Hill/Ft. Mill area. WAVO is broadcast on 1150 AM and W268DM is heard on 101.5 FM. W282BP, which is presently off-air, broadcasts on 104.3 FM.

“As the Charlotte region grows to the south and southeast, and further from our antenna located on Mt. Mitchell, we sought ways to improve the listening experience for listeners in the metro area. These stations give The Light FM a big jump toward achieving that ministry goal,” said Jim Kirkland, executive director of BRB. “It’s also an honor to continue GHB’s 47-year legacy of providing Christ-centered content to the people of the Charlotte region.”

BRB was founded by Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth, in 1962. The purchase of the Charlotte FM translator will mark the corporation’s first radio station licensed within Mecklenburg County, where Graham was born, and where the ministry bearing his name is now headquartered.

Upon FCC approval, BRB will request that the stations be licensed as non-commercial, setting the stage to share the Christian music and Bible messages from The Light FM.

About The Light FM:

A listener supported ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, The Light FM seeks to serve its listeners with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, through encouraging music, relevant Bible teaching and support of ministry outreach at home and abroad. The Light FM’s flagship station, 106.9 WMIT, has the nation’s 12th largest FM radio coverage area, reaching portions of seven states. The Light FM can be heard globally at www.TheLightFM.org, via The Light FM app for smartphones, and on Amazon Echo, Tap and Google smart speakers. For a full list of frequencies, visit www.TheLightFM.org.


Source Link:

https://media.billygraham.org/blue-...-north-carolina-and-rock-hill-south-carolina/

 

[vchimpanzee]

So is it on 1150 AM as well?

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

So is it on 1150 AM as well?

Yes, the translator is specifically to rebroadcast 1150, so thats what it has to stay rebroadcasting if the translator was obtained in the am revitalization window

 

[vchimpanzee]

I just wonder what they did with the music they used to play. It would be nice if someone could take over that collection who could put it online.

 

[davideduardo]

I just wonder what they did with the music they used to play. It would be nice if someone could take over that collection who could put it online.

Nearly all stations except in some formats like classical or jazz have the entire library digitized and on a computer drive. In many formats, they don't even own the original CDs or, gasp, phonograph records. Stations can buy entire libraries, either a la carte or in a collection, and have the music delivered on a USB hard drive or even online.

So, unless the station saved the digitized music, there is no record library.

And putting it online requires music and artist / label licenses.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Nearly all stations except in some formats like classical or jazz have the entire library digitized and on a computer drive. In many formats, they don't even own the original CDs or, gasp, phonograph records. Stations can buy entire libraries, either a la carte or in a collection, and have the music delivered on a USB hard drive or even online.

So, unless the station saved the digitized music, there is no record library.

And putting it online requires music and artist / label licenses.

I got an email from the man in charge of WAVO's music back when the change back to Christian programming happened. Here was the response about the music collection.

"The music library is intact and could be used again in the future."

I have emailed the person since then but never heard back.

 

[Steve.Gates]

If W268DM is on the Air with Live Audio, it is getting it from a Source other than WAVO 1150 itself. WAVO 1150 has been playing ''Dead Air'' since 4:30pm yesterday. I just checked again and this is still the case. A clear Carrier can be heard on 1150 KHz but with no Modulation.

Steve.

Yes, the translator is specifically to rebroadcast 1150, so thats what it has to stay rebroadcasting if the translator was obtained in the am revitalization window

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

If W268DM is on the Air with Live Audio, it is getting it from a Source other than WAVO 1150 itself. WAVO 1150 has been playing ''Dead Air'' since 4:30pm yesterday. I just checked again and this is still the case. A clear Carrier can be heard on 1150 KHz but with no Modulation.

Steve.

not necessarily true... fm translators for am stations are often fed indepently of the AM but using the same method..... a peice of equipment at the am transmitter may have failed....

 

[vchimpanzee]

Here's what I found.

I drove to Concord today for the first time since Trump was criticized for not adequately funding COVID-19, the day the government finally had to acknowledge the virus could be a problem.

From there I can hear WAVO, and when I turned to the station, there was some Christian talk program. I turned to WMIT and someone was talking, but it was not the same program.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Here's what I found.

I drove to Concord today for the first time since Trump was criticized for not adequately funding COVID-19, the day the government finally had to acknowledge the virus could be a problem.

From there I can hear WAVO, and when I turned to the station, there was some Christian talk program. I turned to WMIT and someone was talking, but it was not the same program.

No need to include that first line in your post..incindiary and irrelevant

 

[Steve.Gates]

What ever the problem was it was corrected on/by 07/20/20. I checked 1150 KHz and 106.9 MHz and the same content was present.

So yeah maybe some equipment malfunction.

not necessarily true... fm translators for am stations are often fed indepently of the AM but using the same method..... a peice of equipment at the am transmitter may have failed....

 

[vchimpanzee]

No need to include that first line in your post..incindiary and irrelevant

Right.

What I said happened the last time I was in Concord was the event that made it clear things were going to be worse than we thought, and then they were, and maybe I didn't need to describe it quite that way.

I could have just said February. But my reason for not going to Concord before now was that first we were in lockdown, and then the library I wanted to go to wasn't open. I finally had a reason to go.

 

[vchimpanzee]

What ever the problem was it was corrected on/by 07/20/20. I checked 1150 KHz and 106.9 MHz and the same content was present.

So yeah maybe some equipment malfunction.

Maybe you did, but I was hearing something different.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

From there I can hear WAVO, and when I turned to the station, there was some Christian talk program. I turned to WMIT and someone was talking, but it was not the same program.

Maybe a delayed simulcast?
I've noticed some stations can be up to 30 seconds or more behind another station that simulcasts the same broadcast on another channel....

For example, 105.9 W290BW Greenville SC, simulcasting 103.1 WHQA from Anderson SC is about 10 seconds delayed...and also 97.5 WCOS has about a 5 second delay between it's analog and HD signal, Last time I checked these recently...

 

[vchimpanzee]

Maybe a delayed simulcast?
I've noticed some stations can be up to 30 seconds or more behind another station that simulcasts the same broadcast on another channel....

For example, 105.9 W290BW Greenville SC, simulcasting 103.1 WHQA from Anderson SC is about 10 seconds delayed...and also 97.5 WCOS has about a 5 second delay between it's analog and HD signal, Last time I checked these recently...

I don't know. WAVO was doing something related to translating the Bible. WMIT seemed to be doing something different.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Okay, I tried again today and definitely heard the same programming on both stations. Young people who don't know any better would call that music.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Okay, I tried again today and definitely heard the same programming on both stations. Young people who don't know any better would call that music.

rolls eyes.. what was it

 

[vchimpanzee]

I don't think WMIT even needs a translator because it was blasting from my speakers like a local station in Concord.

Rock Hill does have a station at 107.1, so a translator there does make sense. When I lived in that area, the station was in Lancaster.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

Well WMIT just added another station (translator)
104.3 W282BP - Matthews NC

Heard it on the Top Of the Hour ID.

I wonder what the interference is like in that area if 104.1 W281BY is also broadcasting in that area too (CP).

 

[Steve.Gates]

104.3 makes more sense in Matthews than it does in Charlotte. WMIT needs no "boost" on 106.9 MHz (as vchimpanzee has brought up) as it ''Booms'' into Charlotte straight from Black Mountain. However, if it were up to me I'd actually have applied for Harrisburg, NC, Midland, NC -or- possibly Concord, NC to avoid the interference that KyleAndMelissa22 has brought up that will likely occur on 104.1 in/around Monroe from 104.1 MHz out of Rock Hill, SC.. Steve.